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Center for Legal Ethics and Professionalism
Judicial Professionalism
in a New Era of Judicial Selection
On October 21-22, 2004, the Mercer Law Review
and the Mercer Center for Legal Ethics and Professionalism held
a symposium devoted to recent changes in the law of judicial campaign
speech and the potential consequences of those changes. The symposium
was planned and conducted in cooperation with the Court Futures
Committee of the State Bar of Georgia, which is currently studying
judicial selection. The program included the following events.
| Keynote Address: |
The Honorable
Thomas Phillips, former Chief Justice of the Supreme Court
of Texas. |
| Panel discussion:
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Recent Changes
in the Law of Judicial Campaign Speech |
Moderator:
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Professor Patrick Longan,
Mercer University |
Panelists:
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Barbara Reed, Consultant
to the Constitution Project
Eric Schroeder, Partner, Powell Goldstein, Atlanta, Georgia
Cheryl Custer, Executive Director, Georgia Judicial Qualifications
Commission
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| Panel discussion: |
Improving Judicial
Elections, Part I |
Moderator:
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Elizabeth Price, Partner,
Alston & Bird, Atlanta, Georgia |
Panelists:
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A. James Elliott, Associate
Dean, Emory Law School
Mary Klenz, Co-President North Carolina League of Women Voters
David Clark, Partner, Bradley Arant, Jackson, Mississippi |
| Panel
discussion: |
Improving
Judicial Elections, Part II |
Moderator:
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Seth Kirschenbaum, Partner,
Davis, Zipperman, Kirschenbaum & Lotito, Atlanta, Georgia |
Panelists:
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Michael Sweeney, Legal
Counsel, New York Commission to Promote Public Confidence
in Judicial Elections
Bill Weisenberg, Assistant Executive Director, Ohio State
Bar Association
Seth Andersen, Project Director, American Bar Association
Standing Committee on Judicial Independence
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| Panel discussion:
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Alternatives
to Electing Judges |
Moderator:
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Honorable Ben Studdard, State
Court of Henry County, Georgia and Chair, State Bar of Georgia
Court Futures Committee |
Panelists:
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A.P. Carlton, Jr., Partner,
Kilpatrick Stockton, Raleigh, North Carolina, Former President,
American Bar Association
Professor Mark Hurwitz, State University of New York at Buffalo
Professor Drew Lanier, University of Central Florida |
The symposium proceedings and related articles
will be available in Volume 56 of the Mercer Law Review. Click
here to link to the Mercer Law Review.
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